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It probably wasn't therapy that failed you. It was the fit.
We match you with a therapist chosen for what you are actually working on. EMDR, Gottman-trained marriage counseling, trauma, anxiety, and family work. A real person answers the same day. Watch the short video below.
Start here. It takes about a minute.
Nobody is going to ask you to explain everything right here. This is not an app. It comes straight to our office, and it stays with us.
“Picture a week where the thing you've been carrying isn't the first thing you think about when you wake up. That is what we work toward, together.”
Toni · Donati Counseling
If you have tried before
If it didn't work last time, the fit is usually the reason.
Maybe you sat with a therapist who typed on a computer the whole time and never really looked at you. Maybe you told your story to someone who couldn't hold it, and you walked out thinking, that is not it, and started to wonder whether therapy just doesn't work.
Or maybe you had a great one once, years ago, and you have been trying to find that again ever since.
Either way, you are not difficult and you are not beyond helping. You were matched badly. That is a fixable problem, and it is the one we work hardest at.
Nice to meet you
Donati Counseling
My name is Toni, and I run Donati Counseling.
I was a preteen when my dad died. Shortly after, my mom took my brother, my sisters and me to family counseling, and I sat in that first session feeling like nobody in the room heard a word I said. I decided then that when I grew up I would become a therapist, and that no one in my care would ever feel less than heard, valued and respected.
That is still the whole thing. The practice carries my family name, for my father and my brother. It is built so the person sitting across from you is actually there with you.
Hard work, made human. Even a little fun.
Toni Donati Butland, M.A., LMHC, LCMHC
Someone answers
When you call us during the day, a real person picks up. People tell us all the time, you actually picked up. That should be normal. With us it is.
Match first, always
Before we put you with anyone, we want to know what you are actually working on. Being stuck with someone and being matched with the right person are two completely different things.
The work has a name
EMDR and EMDR intensives, Gottman-trained marriage counseling, trauma, anxiety, family and couples work. If you have been searching for one of those by name, that is what we do.
What happens next
One short form, and someone calls you the same day.
No long intake, no explaining everything twice. Here is the whole path from this page to your first session.
01You answer a few quick questions
About a minute. What you are looking for, where you are, and how you'd like to meet. Nothing you have to relive.
02A real person calls you, the same day
During business hours, someone from our team reaches out. Not a machine, and not a callback three days later. She asks what you are hoping to work on and answers anything you want to ask.
03We match you on purpose
We pick the therapist who fits what you are actually working on, rather than whoever happens to have an opening.
04You start
In person at our Hampstead office, or on video from wherever you are in North Carolina or Massachusetts.
What protects you
Nothing here asks you to gamble.
A real person answers the same day
During business hours, someone who knows your name calls you back. Not a machine, and not three days later.
You get matched on purpose
Based on what you are actually working on, not on who happens to have a gap in the schedule.
If the fit is wrong, we move you
You go to someone who is right, and we carry your information over, so you never start from scratch or tell your whole story again.
It costs nothing to find out
That first call isn't billed. We'll talk through cost and insurance before you commit to anything. And if we are not the right place for you, we will tell you so and point you toward someone who is.
One honest note
This takes work, and we won't promise you a timeline.
Some weeks it gets a little darker before it gets lighter. We are not going to pretend otherwise. Anyone who tells you how long this will take is guessing.
What we will do is answer the phone, put you with the right person, and stay honest with you about whether this is the right place for you. That is the part most people never got. If you are ready to feel like yourself again, this is where it starts.
Get Matched It costs nothing to find out